Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2026
Held by Mylan Laboratories Limited
Filed Dec 11, 2006 as application 11/609,075 · Granted Nov 4, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2006
Dec 11, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
Nov 4, 2008
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 11, 2006, when this application, 11/609,075, was filed | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,446,227 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/084049 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/138,924 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2007 Reel 19486, frame 533 | Nampalli, Satyam; Patel, Brijesh; Tharial, Peter Xavier; Kovi, Ravishanker | Apicore, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2014 Reel 33277, frame 320 | Apicore LLC | Knight Therapeutics Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2014 Reel 33254, frame 7 | Apicore LLC | Apicore US LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2014 Reel 33281, frame 920 | Apicore US LLC | Knight Therapeutics Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2014 Reel 33315, frame 712 | Apicore LLC; Apicore US LLC | Apicore US LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 9, 2017 Reel 40904, frame 362 | Knight Therapeutics Inc. | Apicore LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 9, 2017 Reel 40904, frame 390 | Knight Therapeutics Inc. | Apicore US LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2017 Reel 41577, frame 821 | Apicore US LLC | Medicure Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2017 Reel 43022, frame 696 | Medicure Inc. | Apicore US LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2021 Reel 57685, frame 916 | Mylan API US LLC | Mylan Laboratories Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2021 Reel 57697, frame 758 | Apicore US LLC | Mylan API US LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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